Amusement apparatus or machine



'Dem M H923. wg H. P. JACKSON ET Al.

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HERBERT PERCY JACKSON, 0F CONGrLETON, AND THOMAS JACKSON, OF PATRICE/OFT,

NEAR MANCHESTER,

ENGLAND.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS OR MACHINE.

Application led March 20, 1922. Serial No. 545,233.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, HERBERT PnRoY JAoKsON, engineers mechanic, and THOMAS JACKSON, motor-works inspector, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at 6 Booth Street, Congleton, in the county of Chester, and 1 Ivy Street, Patricroft, near Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, England, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Belating to Amusement Apparatus or Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement apparatus or machines of the type in which a seat, which may be of any desired form, is given rotary and other movements, and has for its object to provide improved means for imparting such movements to the said seat.

In accordance with our invention, asapplied to a machine of the type in which the seats are carried upon a revolving platform, each seat is, or a number of seats are, mounted rigidly upon the upper end of a vertical or inclined shaft or a part secured thereon, the said shaft being journalled in a suitable bearing carried by the revolving platform.

Beneath the said bearing, the shaft carries a pulley or wheel which is adapted to engage a stationary track or tracks of any desired shape. The track causes the pulley or wheel and the shaft to rotate and at the same time the track may displace the lower end of the shaft so as to give a radial or cross-wise movement to the seat or seats thereon respectively towards and from the centre of the revolving platform. A spring or springs may return the shaft to its initial position and at the same time maintain the pulley or wheel in close contact with the track, and a rotary motion is imparted to the seat about its aXis.

If desired, the track may be a double one, the pulley engaging one side or the other, according to the position of the Vseat Or seats on the platform, and an opposite or reverse rotary motion may be imparted to the seats about their axis by causing pulleys associated with said seatsy to alternately contact with the opposite rails of the double track.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like letters yof reference throughout the figures indicate like or similar parts.

Fig. l is an elevation in section showing the revolving platform and the position o seats mounted on the vertical shaft.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, v

showing the positions of some of the seats and also showing the tracks which are below the level of the revolving platform and on the ground level.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail elevation, drawn to a larger scale than the preceding figures,

showing the under carriage or trolley upon which the seat is mounted,

during the moved toward and away from centre of the revolving platform,

also showing the traction pulley Vin contact with an inner rail of the double track.

Fig. 4 is a showing the part elevation similar to Fig. 3 traction pulley in contact with the outer rail of the double track.

Fig. 5 is a plan view in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the parts shown of a part of therevolving platform showing diagrammatically the eXtreme positions of the traction pulley:

According to tie presentl constructionA we employ a revolving` platform -B constructed of supporting members,

B2, and covered by sectional ioor enclosed by a stationary staging- C.

strays or struts B1, boards B3, We

secure to the underside of the platform B a plurality of pairsl of metal rails upon each of which wevmount a rectangular carriage O1' trolley frame E provided with axles F, F1, bearings wheels or runners H, gular frame G, G1, and flanged H1. On each rectan- E we mount a rectangular plate I having a channelled cup I1, which contains spherical balls or bearings superimpose or mount J, on which we a circular plate J1.

The lower end or bottom K of the scat or tub K1, which may be of any form, such as a vehicle or figure, is mountedk on the vertical shaft or spindle L which passes upwards through a slot platform B and is journalled in the J1. rides upon the named. At the The said plate J1 lower B4 in the revolving plate with the seat thus ball-'bearing parts before end ofthe shaft L we provide a wheel or pulley M. At N, on

the underside of or trolley frame E, we end of a spiral spring the rectangular carriage securely Vattach one O, the other end-of tienne-lien. Repas/ses out. to@ theopen. enel; Qneaitgofthe tracleat lllwhenthe friction. pulley P1 is released to assume; itsnerinal l ci which-1in' tha L lengthwise reyolvin :riage shaft L, and pulley said spring being attached to a crank shaped or two armed lever P journalled on a bracket attached. to the nectangnlar trolley andi'carryigngi a friction 'pulley P1". rThev spring is distended as shown in Fig. {ivy/hen the, pulley or makes Contact' 'wiftl`1`l theraised portion lOli' Vthe outer rail Q'Which is specially raised out vof the track situated below the trolley:v frame which operation comes: fintowaction when the normally situated fraction pulley which extends beyond the outer rail as; shown in 2,4. :andr enters. the open entrance action causes. theleMen Pe. to .move the Shaft l y ofillle slOt or opening Bft in theipletornl. Brand pulleyfMe-.crose the path. oir-th traoklinto; contact with .the innerl railv QR., giving ajrotary. motion to vthe Seat es' indicated by the arrows Fig. 2, and shown inyEig., 5;. "llhefsliaftLgcontinues torotate and.at=,th saine tiinej to; slide or move radially:V tl .ands andlfrom thev centre of the zontalgcontoun, coniignratilon, form or curves or'thereard; :rail ontraclruntll the saidb fricplQS 'Ion terperniitthe. Spiralspnng@ u ndertheecanriage or.trolleyIto,y draw. the fric;

tion pulley. free any 'Contact' et its.

pulley entere'. the entrenceqliz; of thertreclr. @when olorious'ly the `rsaine.-move.neente occur.

@atake place fizom R? tog theopen or exit point Rln .thecnpoeite section of the track Rigi 2.. I-.tawllfhe obserneol. thatathe recliel nieve-e nia'seQl-z trolley; inertie te.: from the a-Xiszopcentre S ofH-fthemachine is governed.

by theengagelnent of@ .its I .friction pulley Pf with: theraSecl 'portiony ofthe truck. Q, enel thelmevernent otite Shaft L. its elet Bf of? the platform B. It. will also be noted that. eechunder carriage er trolley freine E, es. ite. pulley M treyereeeI the, inner er. outerrails,V respectiyely; of the track, travels with the platformi B' and; lengthwise of the rails, D, D1, w-lrilel the platform is. rei volving, and that., these movementsj occur during thetravel ofthe seats. K1 inthe arc from pointA to pointA A1, see Fig. A 6. The circular'and reverse circular or concentric movementsrofthe seatsKlaboutpthe axes of it is. oloyione ,that vthe gffpletfenrn. according to the honi- (Figs-. 2,- 4. anel` 6),. the eect t. the circular movement of.

troni point: to prnlnt;= R1; es; fully. Shown.

the shafts L are all simultaneously effected and operate through the agencies above de? scribed' and during; the: revolving .action of the platform B about its axis or centers.

Enom what has been hcreinbefore set forth ...function oil the, raised. portion of the stationary outer rai'lQ'" isto form v'a bearine surface for the runner or friction pulley?? to. throw over or move the shafts VL'withmtheir"pulley M to the opposite sty-articnaryy rai-LQjofkfthe track and cause the shafts to rotate about their axes and such is accomplished bythe gyrationof the revolvf. ing platform about its! aXisf-noin which platform the. shaftsW-ith the: whole of..A their attendant supporting mechanism are susl pended-when each Yof' the friction pulleys 131 1 reach the gaps or open. spaces between: .the

points R1 and l? and, ybetween Randlmref spectivelypthe; friction pulleys P1; are; re; leased and upon'their releasey from ,the rail;l Q, their pulleysv M; are forced overby spring O1 fromthe rail @tand engagewithlthe shafts L to, rotateV about their lanes,- andl ina lower part of the opposite rail@ Cnusingthe direction opposite to the` direction imparted thereto. vwhen in contactwith rail Qg%.

Thus: according. to the arrangements deL-1V scribed' we 'accomplish live= Separate. nieve; ments of; eachV seat from. any given poi-111:5, for example the point of-.the .revolving platform R, viz: First, concentricallyfrelatiyely tothe axis S of the machine and this; moyement continues and: combineswith each. ofthe tele lowingv and intermittentA rnoyemen t s"` Se@` 0nd,reclial.I movement towards.v the. centre Third',- concentric movement: about.. iteown axis. by? engagement ot the pul'leyfM, .iuthf rail Q1. Eounth, radial; moyement from v.the centre S.Y Fifth, reversel concentric moya.

ment. about tsown axisby.engagementwith,V

The essentiel features ohthe .abone nucfvef. mentsor operations being the advance.4 andi retiring movements towarflSy and away from. the centr-e ofthe machine and the alternate;` or,- reverse circular movements, of the,Seats2- about. their. axes, such inoyenueeteL being: somewhat simulative ofgwaltzing movements. asiniclencing. Lfdesiredeuch moyenlenteiney-be noone lese; eii'ecteclrby tion without departing from the principle ofthis our said inyention, f l' f We claim r- 1. In a machine ion ainueeinent purposes;

a; rotating platforinJ having slots; extending radially therein. treclr lbeneathraid. plat@ fornrconinriena Parallel. currlinear .nella carniaaesf- `upon Seid .platform heyineeheite extending .through Sacl'elote, pulleys onlth moglilicatious otourf. inyereY lower ends of SaictShaftsI adepteolltcfride Vbe- 1..

tween Seiflrreile, means. whereby Seid, pulleys are. held againetthe innenof. Seid rails and the construction ofthe outergrailbeing such that said pulleys are released from contact with said inner rail periodically during the rotation of said platform.

2. A machine for amusement purposes comprising a rotating platform, a substantially elliptical track lying beneath said platform, said track having two parallel rails one of which is mutilated by having spaced depressions in its upper edge, said platform being provided with radial slots, carriages carried by said platform having shafts eX- tending through said slots, pulleys on said shafts adapted to ride between said rails, supplementary pulleys movably mounted and adapted to press the first named pulleys against the mutilated rail when the platform is rotated, said supplementary pulleys being adapted to swing through said spaced depression to permit the first named pulleys to contact with the mutilated rails whereby rotary movement of the carriages are periodically reversed.

3. A machine for amusement purposes comprising a rotary platform having radial slots therein, a substantially elliptical track beneath said platform, a portion of one of the rails of said track being raised above the other rail, radial tracks carried by said platform on either side of said slots, carriages having wheels movable on said radial tracks, shafts extending from said carriages through said slots, pulleys on said shafts guided between the rails of said first-named track and a lever pivotally attached to said carriage and having a supplemental pulley on one end thereof, said supplementary vpulley being adapted to ride against the raised portion of one of the rails of said first-named track for holding the first named pulley against the other rail, one of the rails of said first-named track having spaced depressions through which the supplementary pulley may swing to permit the first named pulley to be released from contact with the other rail and toy contact with the opposite rail whereby the rotary movement of the carriages is periodically reversed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

HERBERT rnRcY JACKSON. rHoMAs JACKSON. 

